Textbooks on the history of philosophy deal with what are widelyagreed to be the most important themes and thinkers of the pasttwo-and-a-half thousand years. They discuss, among others, the viewsof Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Hume, and Kant, aswell as the major traditions and debates in epistemology,metaphysics, and ethics: rationalism vs. empiricism, essentialism vs.nominalism, realism vs. idealism, and consequentialism vs. deontology.

But how did the philosophical canon presented in the textbooks arise?To what extent does the canon give an accurate picture of thephilosophical tradition? And are there thinkers, topics, themes ortraditions that are worthy of note but that have not been taken up inthe canon? Questions like these will be at the heart of the OZSWAutumn School of 2019 at Tilburg University, The Netherlands. Ourlecturers Han Thomas Adriaenssen, Liam Kofi Bright, Gary Ostertag,and Marta Sznajder will discuss these questions, calling on a widerange of periods and philosophical traditions.

Students can present a paper or an issue they encounter in their ownresearch in a one-hour student-led session, consisting of apresentation and discussion. If you wish to submit a paper forpresentation, please send an email toa.a.verhaegh@uvt.nlandattach the following: A paper abstract of max. 500 words and a shortCV (max 2 pages).If you wish to participate without presenting a paper, please send ashort CV (max. 2 pages) and a brief motivation (max. 1 page).The deadline for submissions is June 1.Dutch MA and Ph.D. students can earn study points (ECTS) byparticipating.